P h o t o g r a p h y

I trust you enjoy - as I reveal the naked and pure raw natural still imagery views of geology, fused with the natural flora (and a very slight appearance with fauna), that comprise Argentina's National Parks, many Provincial Parks and Nature Reserves, and UNESCO Biosphere Reserves throughout all 23 provinces of Agentina. A journey encompassing around 5 months during the late winter, entire spring, and early summer throughout all 18 of the ecoregions, of our Earth's 8th largest land area country (2nd largest in South America) which measures around 2,400 mi. (3,860 km) long and 870 mi. (1,400 km) wide at maximum measurements, with around 3,100 mi. (5,000 km) of coastline. A country of geologic extremes from the highest mountain peak to the lowest terrestrial elevation in the Southern Hemisphere. Argentina is derived from the Latin word "argentum", meaning silver. The national parks of Argentina are overseen by Administración de Parques Nacionales (APN), and is an integral part of Argentina’s National System of Federal Protected Areas (SiFAP). Argentina, a true treasure of mom nature (Pacha Mama, as the locals call her) - a multi-colored landscape with amazingly unique endemic species of flora and fauna, which are blanketed and patched across her wonderful unblemished vastness of total purity, so ever so minimally altered by homo-sapien hands.

Quebrada del Condorito National Park (Condor Gorge) - established in 1996, to protect the headwaters of rivers and streams and to conserve the breeding habitat of the Andean condor. The park is located in the western area of the Cordoba (province), in the Punilla, Santa Maria and San Alberto (departments). The park covers a portion of the Pampa de Achala, between 6,200-7,550 ft. (1,900 m - 2,300 m) in the Sierra Grande (which is the central area of the Sierras de Cordoba), which is located in the Oriental Sierra Pampeanas (Eastern Pampas Mountains), the only mountain range in Argentina which is not part of the Earth's longest mountain range, the Andes Range (Cordillera Andes) - the Pampeanas Mountains stretches into 7 provinces in the northwestern area of Argentina.